Brain dynamics for confidence-weighted learning

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Author: Meyniel, Florent
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 14.09.2019; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Edition: 1.1
• Subjects: Arousal; Bayesian analysis; EEG; Mathematical models; Neuroscience; Oscillations; Probability learning

Learning in a changing and uncertain environment is a difficult problem. A popular solution is to predict future observations and then use surprising outcomes to update those predictions. However, humans also have a sense of confidence that characterizes the precision of their predictions. Bayesian...